free company


noun
  1. a band of free companions.

Origin of free company

1
First recorded in 1870–75

Words Nearby free company

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How to use free company in a sentence

  • The count had been encamped with his free company for the last five days in the Casa Grande of Moctecuhzoma.

    The Tiger-Slayer | Gustave Aimard
  • The little band advanced to the west, in the direction of which the free company had marched in pursuit of the Apaches.

    The Tiger-Slayer | Gustave Aimard
  • Before long the free company, with the captain at its head, disappeared in the Del Norte.

    The Tiger-Slayer | Gustave Aimard
  • Many of them made objection to this, saying that one had no reason to take more risk than another in this free company.

    Robin Hood | Paul Creswick
  • He was appointed governor of Inverness, with a free company of Highlanders.

British Dictionary definitions for free company

free company

noun
  1. European history a band of mercenary soldiers during the Middle Ages

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